Understanding development and proficiency in writing : quantitative corpus linguistic approaches /
"This is a book about how written language develops in English. In particular, it is about what one particular methodology - quantitative corpus linguistics (QCL) - can (and can't) tell us about such development. We conceptualize writing development as occurring along two main axes: time a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | "This is a book about how written language develops in English. In particular, it is about what one particular methodology - quantitative corpus linguistics (QCL) - can (and can't) tell us about such development. We conceptualize writing development as occurring along two main axes: time and quality. Development across time is exemplified by the texts reproduced in Figure 1.1. These were both written by school children in England: one by a 7-year old child in Year 2 of their education; the other by a 16-year old child in Year 11"-- |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108477628 1108477623 1108725805 9781108725804 |